[RTTY] Upside down

[Gary AL9A]

Further question on this topic.  I use WriteLog and recorded the WPX 
contest.  Is there a way to feed the last few minutes of the last recorded 
wav file to MMTTY so that I can try using the REV button to see if the 
calling station was indeed upside down?  If so, and it turns out that he was 
upside down and I can get his call decoded, I will try to email him and let 
him know why I couldn't get him in the log.  Maybe then he can check his 
radio settings and set things right.

73,
Gary AL9A



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: "RTTY Contesting" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: February 13, 2011 8:23 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Upside down


> During the contest I was repeatedly called by some poor soul whose entire
> string was nothing but garbage.  I knew it was the same station each time
> because in the middle of each garbage string were the characters 
> ...s901...
> I could not decode anything and even though I sent several messages 
> stating
> that I could not decode the station calling me he kept calling over and
> over.  This happened several times during the contest and right at the end
> he was the last station that tried to work me.
>
> Being a bit slow on the draw sometimes it finally dawned on me too late 
> that
> the guy might be sending upside down.  By that time though it was all
> history and I couldn't verify my suspicion.  I don't think I've ever run
> across an upside down signal before so I'm not sure what I should have 
> done.
> If I hit the REV button in MMTTY would it then decode his signal?  If he 
> was
> indeed upside down, how could he copy my call and exchange?  If this 
> happens
> again should I tell to other the op to hit his REV button to see if it
> corrects the garbage?  What's the best way to handle this?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
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